One of two baby cotton-top tamarin twins born recently at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo has died, the zoo announced. The Blank Park Zoo welcomed the pair of cotton-top tamarin monkeys in February ...

Blank Park Zoo announced one of its cotton-top tamarin infants born in February has died. The three-week-old tamarin was found alone and away from its family last Friday, according to a news release.

Cotton-top tamarins have a high infant mortality rate, with about 53% of infants not surviving past the first six months of life, according to the zoo. In February 2024, a set of twins, named ...

Blank Park Zoo is seeing double as Kida, a cotton-top tamarin, has given birth to twins almost exactly one year from birthing her last set. The tiny duo was born at the zoo on Tuesday to their mom ...